Posts Tagged ‘china’

26
Feb

Chinese Hell Bank Notes

by adminadam in art, links

These are meant to be burned at funerals in China.
The concept of Hell was interpreted as a general ‘afterlife’, not as the Christian missionaries attempted to convey it in the negative, eternal-hell-fire sense that we understand in the west. Hence the use of ‘Hell Notes’ to ferry departed souls into ‘Heaven’.

More Chinese Hell Notes can be seen here: (http://www.bigwhiteguy.com/baskets/hell.php)
More Really Cool World Bank Notes can be seen here: (http://www.joelscoins.com/catpm.htm)
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4
Dec

Strong, Sustainable, & FAST.

by adminadam in home

  • Level 9 Earthquake Resistance: Diagonal bracing structure, with light-weight, steel construction.
  • Sustainable Building Materials: Thin, light-weight materials, 6x less material than an average building, but with airtight, sound-proof floors and walls.
  • Energy Efficient: Modern insulation, triple-glazed windows, LED lighting, external solar shading, etc.
  • Clean Indoor Air: The air inside is triple-filtered and reported to be 20 times cleaner than outdoor air.
  • 15 Stories: Completed in just under 4 days.
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23
Dec

Shenzhen, Maybe Five Kilos

by adminadam in education, home

So hard writing about China
five thousand years old
wielding power,
the width of their culture
not to mention mass
compared to
let’s say
America, at only
250 grams.
The concept is flabbergasting
yet awfully trite
i.e. unimpressive generally,
but if that’s your subject matter
then you gotta write about it,
and how better than in the form of a long detailed documentary.

Or you could weigh the culture using a modern scale.

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